Natalia Sheppard
Natalia Sheppard is a multi award winning musician, (Tali) hailing from Aotearoa, New Zealand. She is known internationally for her groundbreaking achievements in the Electronic music scene, most notably within Drum & Bass as a vocalist and freestyle MC, but is also a producer, composer for film and television, an inspirational speaker, and is a published author.
In her 28 year career, Natalia has released ten studio albums, two EPs and countless singles and collaborations. Her EP 'Love & Migration' earned her 'Best Electronic Artist' at the New Zealand Music Awards in 2019, and her self produced album 'Future Dwellers' was nominated for the same award in 2022. Her most recent offering 'Empress Era' (Ranger Records 2026) - reached #3 in the Aotearoa album charts on its debut, and has garnered impressive reviews.
Natalia has long had a passion for lyrics, poetry and writing. While living in the UK Natalia contibuted to Nu Soul Magazine, and Knowledge Magazine as a guest music writer, and upon moving back to NZ, she wrote her first novel, 'The Little White House' - published by Pegasus and Vanguard Press UK in 2019.
Natalia is currently looking for a NZ publisher for 'The Little White House' , and working on her biography about her life and times as one of the most prolific female Drum n Bass MCs in the music industry.
Genre:
Skills:
- Adult Fiction
Branch:
Auckland
Location:
Auckland
Publications:
The Little White House
"I thought of all the people who had lived within my embrace, and the emotions they had expressed that had unconsciously permeated every inch of my being. I may not be 'alive' in the Human sense of the word, but I was very much alive because of the energy that had seeped through my walls, my floor, my ceiling, as if the breath of others within my rooms, had breathed life into my very soul..."
Based on the story of a little white house that did indeed exist in rural New Zealand, this story weaves reality with fantasy, telling the tale of all who lived there, from the perspective of the house itself.
As the house becomes conscious and self-aware, it begins to learn and grow, yet this desire for knowledge and understanding comes at a cost.
Over time, the little white house realises that it can never move from its location there on the side of the road, nor choose who lives beneath its roof.
A tapestry of delight and humour, tinged with violence and sadness, 'The Little White House' is a beautifully written and honest tale of life and loss, discovery and acceptance.
- Published January 25, 2018 by Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers
- ISBN 9781784653330 (ISBN10: 1784653330)
- ASIN 1784653330
- Language English, 165 pages, Paperback